variola
Origin of variola
1Words Nearby variola
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How to use variola in a sentence
Two others lived in western Russia during the 19th century and were infected with variola virus strains closely related to modern versions.
Ancient DNA suggests Vikings may have been plagued by smallpox | Erin Garcia de Jesus | July 24, 2020 | Science NewsSchoenlein was the first to call attention to the distinction between variola and varioloid.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkThe lesion is sluggish in its course, drying to a thin crust, which finally falls off, leaving a depressed variola-like scar.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonHow would you distinguish the large acuminated-pustular syphiloderm from acne and variola?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonThe view that vaccinia is attenuated variola is well known, and has been extensively adopted by English physicians.
Such is the history in outline of what may be regarded as a typical form of uncomplicated variola.
British Dictionary definitions for variola
/ (vəˈraɪələ) /
the technical name for smallpox
Origin of variola
1Derived forms of variola
- variolar, adjective
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Scientific definitions for variola
[ və-rī′ə-lə, vâr′ē-ō′lə ]
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